I have had an iPhone for the last 6 years. I wanted to try something new. I decided on the RAZR MAXX. The RAZR MAXX advertises in BIG BOLD letters that it has 16GB internal storage and comes with a 16GB SD card giving the user 32GB of storage. I traded in a 32GB iPhone for this phone. The RAZR MAXX DOES NOT HAVE 16GB of 'usable' internal storage. 6GB of the internal storage is used for the OS and the other crap apps that Verizon puts on there...and another 2 GB is set aside for whatever leaving the user with 8GB of internal storage. This is sooo wrong its not even funny. The 32GB iPhone had 32GB of storage(or very close to it). To claim 16 GB of internal storage but only have 8 available to the user is almost criminal. I am not going to be quiet about this either...I feel absolutely deceived. So the 32GB phone they are selling you only has 24GB of 'usable' storage. And if I add a 32GB SD card I will still only have 40GB of storage not 48GB as one would expect when adding 32GB to 16GB...TOTAL SCAM and Verizon should be ashamed. I would have NEVER given up 32GB for 24GB.

I wont even get into the 3 factory resets(done by Verizon) that have had to be done to this phone now resulting in the Bluletooth not connecting.

The battery life is NO WHERE near the claims that they are making. I was even given the line by 2nd tier tech support - 'Now sir, you have to understand 21 hours of talk time was acheived in a lab under ideal circumstances. You wont get that under normal use'...OMG I have the 4G off, the GPS off, the WIFI off, the screen dim and I am lucky to get a 14 hours out of it total with maybe an hour of talk time and a some downloading.

Overall I am not very happy with Verizon and the RAZR MAXX. I only hope it lasts the two years that I am now contracted for,,,

"The Droid Razr MAXX by Motorola is configured with 16GB of internal flash memory. Of this memory, 8GB is available for general storage. An additional 2GB is available for application download and application data. The balance of the memory is reserved for the operating system, user interface, and native applications."

Oh and one more thing...the salesman who sold me my phone was totally SHOCKED that it only showed 8GB of internal storage when I showed it to him this morning. He had to jump on his computer and found the same 'hidden at the bottom in really light text' disclaimer that Schnoor found.

It is definitely saying something about the Verizon marketing approach when the sales people in their stores are selling this as 16 GB of internal storage and dont know how to answer the question of why it only shows 8GB. I still say its not right..I dare anyone to walk into a Verizon store and ask how much internal storage comes with the RAZR MAXX. I gaurantee the answer will be 16GB which technically is correct but ethically is just so wrong...especially when the sales people dont even know any better and look like fools when asked why it only shows 8GB of internal storage.

I agree Ann its nice they have it there but I think they need to do a better job of training their sales people to atleast mention it when someone specifically asks about the internal storage. It kind of makes you think they are even hiding it from their own sales force. I am totally serious that my salesman had no idea why it only showed 8GB of internal storage this morning. Maybe if they broke it out on the Storage page to show 16GB total with 6GB for OS and 2 for whatever leaving...atleast it would alleviate some questions and make it a little clearer. The current Storage page shows Internal Memory - 8GB.total. I am sure I will not be the only one who misses the disclaimer and is not properly informed when actually in the store.

Just like I have come across a sales rep that didn't know the difference between the Droid Razr and the Droid Razr Maxx. I corrected her on that. They don't know everything. That's why I research through the website before going to the store. For that matter, I usually buy the phones online and only go to the store to play with the phones and see if the reps can answer a few questions if I have any.